As in XC trail friendly? It would be a pretty sluggish ride. Could you do it? Well, yeah. It most likely wont be a fast ride. It could be overkill for alot of trails. If your wanting a beefier bike than a XC rig, go for an Enduro. You can ride trails and do more all mountain type riding.

I ride my '06 bighit up everything I want to ride down. While I'd never keep up with the XC crowd on the climbs, I'm more than happy with it's peddle-ability. The drivetrain shifts super crisp, and I'll take it to ride XC trails instead of my hardtail now and then, just because it's more fun.

I had an 05 and an 07 Big Hit, for what they are, they pedal great, and have done numerous 20+ mile XC style rides with it just because it was fun, and the bike can do it, i have no problems keeping up with the "beginners ride" on the trails, but i always grab my stumpy for the faster rides. I would never even consider doing it on my demo, but the Big Hit is a great fun bike......but now i replaced it with an SX Trail, it goes everywhere i would ever want it to go.